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  • verb Common misspelling of wheedle.

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Examples

  • "But you must stop it," said his wife, getting so cross that Flutethroat was obliged to say "Very well," and go slowly towards the fir-tree, where the tiny birds were sitting in a row, and when he got up to them there they were tired out and fast asleep; the last one awake having dropped off just as he was half through saying "weedle," and as he was going to hop over his neighbours 'backs to get in the middle.

    Featherland How the Birds lived at Greenlawn George Manville Fenn 1870

  • I actually have a whole load of questions I'd love to ask Clint, so even if he doesn't come back I think I might try and weedle an email address for him from someone and try and get to the bottom of some stuff.

    Hocking's Masterpiece Ben Abraham 2008

  • Needless to say, most of the weedle out of it, claiming that an urgent job has come in that takes precedence.

    “Am I mad, in a coma or back in time?” « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007

  • New York has become a city where bargain shopping buzzards are pointing their beaks at retail carcasses and by that I mean you can actually try to weedle prices down.

    Betsy Perry: Totally Retail Therapy Deprived: New York Is No Fun Right Now! 2009

  • When those limiting beliefs get in the way, it's a very good idea to weedle them out and turn them around.

    Follow that man - a cautionary tale Ms Robinson 2008

  • See the plan was to weedle down the number so they could go to their fetid districts and say they were working hard to “bring our boys home”.

    Think Progress » 132,000. 2006

  • Why go to the trouble to weedle and connive and steal and poison the well when all you have to do is point and open your wallet, just like you would at home?

    paranoia 2006

  • There will always be wingnuts with an agenda that requires them to lie and weedle their way into power.

    What Happens When You Put An Idiot In Charge? « UDreamOfJanie 2006

  • There will always be wingnuts with an agenda that requires them to lie and weedle their way into power.

    What Happens When You Put An Idiot In Charge? « UDreamOfJanie 2006

  • Why go to the trouble to weedle and connive and steal and poison the well when all you have to do is point and open your wallet, just like you would at home?

    paranoia 2006

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